Test Scripting Contract Job Trends in Bristol

Test Scripting (Test Scripts)
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring Test Scripting skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 50 79
Rank change year-on-year -19 +29 +10
Contract jobs citing Test Scripting 7 7 2
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.59% 1.32% 0.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.74% 1.43% 0.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 5 2
10th Percentile £478 - £404
25th Percentile £496 £319 £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £438
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +20.00% -31.37%
75th Percentile £528 £538 £484
90th Percentile £541 - £501
South West median daily rate £538 £488 £513
% change year-on-year +10.26% -4.88% +28.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bristol

Test Scripting falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 949 490 860
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 79.75% 92.45% 82.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 466 298 504
10th Percentile £325 £213 £250
25th Percentile £401 £362 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £452 £500
Median % change year-on-year +10.62% -9.60% -
75th Percentile £570 £588 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
South West median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 260 68 154
10th Percentile £17.69 £25.60 £36.25
25th Percentile £61.25 £59.38 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £62.50
Median % change year-on-year - +4.00% +1.63%
75th Percentile £67.25 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £80.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £65.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year -7.69% +36.84% -22.76%

Test Scripting
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Test Scripting relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

Test Scripting job vacancy trend in Bristol

Test Scripting
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Test Scripting.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Test Scripting

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Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Test Scripting.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing Test Scripting

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) Selenium
2 6 (85.71%) Cypress.io
2 6 (85.71%) Postman
2 6 (85.71%) REST Assured
3 1 (14.29%) HP UFT
3 1 (14.29%) WebDriver
General
1 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Banking
1 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
1 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
1 1 (14.29%) Retail
1 1 (14.29%) Retail Banking
1 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Lead
1 4 (57.14%) QA Leader
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Automation Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) QA Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (85.71%) Software Testing
2 6 (85.71%) Test Strategy
3 3 (42.86%) AI
4 2 (28.57%) Agile
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) API Testing
5 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
5 1 (14.29%) Client Onboarding
5 1 (14.29%) Descriptive Programming
5 1 (14.29%) Due Diligence
5 1 (14.29%) Functional Testing
5 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
5 1 (14.29%) Minimum Viable Product
5 1 (14.29%) Sprint Planning
5 1 (14.29%) Sprint Review
5 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
5 1 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 1 (14.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) SC Cleared
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (85.71%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Micro Focus